As we are possessed of the authentic history of the Huns, it would be impertinent to repeat or to refute the fables which misrepresent their origin and progress, their passage of the mud or water of the Maeotis in pursuit of an ox or stag, les Indes qu'ils avoient decouvertes, etc. (Zosimus 1. iv. [c. 20] p. 224. Sozomen, 1. vi. c. 37. Procopius, Hist. Miscell. c. 5. Jornandes, c. 24. Grandeur et Decadence, etc., des Romains, c. 17.)